First occurrence of the genus arvernoceros heintz, 1970 from the late early pleistocene of Italy

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 501-508

  Petronio, Carmelo ^a   Pandolfi, Luca ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arvemoceros; Early pleistocene; Italy; Morphology; Morphometry; Postcranium

Indexed keywords

DEER; DISPERSAL; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEW RECORD; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TETHYS;

CENTRAL ASIA; ITALY;

CERVIDAE; DELLA; PARATETHYS;

EID: 84861404164     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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